FOSUserBundle Integration with Symfony

ℹ️ Warning
The use of FOSUserBundle is no longer recommended for better flexibility and security. It is advised to switch to the Doctrine entity user provider (recommended) or consider creating a custom user provider.

# Installing the Bundle

The installation procedure of the FOSUserBundle is described in the FOSUserBundle documentation.

You can:

Skip step 3 (Create your User class) and use the class provided in the next paragraph to set up serialization groups the correct way
Skip step 4 (Configure your application’s security.yml) if you are planning to use a JWT-based authentication using LexikJWTAuthenticationBundle

If you are using the API Platform Standard Edition, you will need to enable the form services in the symfony framework configuration options:

# api/config/packages/framework.yaml
framework:
  form: { enabled: true }

# Creating a `User` Entity with Serialization Groups

Here’s an example of declaration of a Doctrine ORM User class. There’s also an example for a Doctrine MongoDB ODM. You need to use serialization groups to hide some properties like plainPassword (only in read) and password. The properties shown are handled with normalizationContext, while the properties you can modify are handled with denormalizationContext.

Create your User entity with serialization groups:

<?php
// api/src/Entity/User.php
namespace App\Entity;

use ApiPlatform\Metadata\ApiResource;
use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;
use FOS\UserBundle\Model\User as BaseUser;
use FOS\UserBundle\Model\UserInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Annotation\Groups;

#[ORM\Entity]
#[ORM\Table(name: 'fos_user')]
#[ApiResource(
    normalizationContext: ['groups' => ['user']],
    denormalizationContext: ['groups' => ['user', 'user:write']],
)]
class User extends BaseUser
{
    #[ORM\Id, ORM\Column, ORM\GeneratedValue]
    protected ?int $id = null;

    #[Groups("user")]
    protected string $email;

    #[ORM\Column(nullable: true)]
    #[Groups("user")]
    protected string $fullname;

    #[Groups("user:write")]
    protected string $plainPassword;

    #[Groups("user")]
    protected string $username;

    public function setFullname(?string $fullname): void
    {
        $this->fullname = $fullname;
    }

    public function getFullname(): ?string
    {
        return $this->fullname;
    }

    public function isUser(?UserInterface $user = null): bool
    {
        return $user instanceof self && $user->id === $this->id;
    }
}

FOSUserBundle Integration with Symfony

Table of Contents

# Installing the Bundle

# Creating a User Entity with Serialization Groups

# Creating a `User` Entity with Serialization Groups